Tolkien's Linguistic Writings and Drafts
by Ryszard Derdzinski
This chronological list will be useful for all these who don't possess the linguistic periodicals mentioned below (Parma Eldalamberon, Vinyar Tengwar, Beyond Bree, etc.) and want to know what has been already published in the field of the Tolkienian linguisitcs. This list is necessary also when you want to compare older Qenya and Goldogrin grammar forms with mature Quenya and Sindarin. I have omitted most known books by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son Christopher quoting only the linguistic-related texts found in them. For full chronology of the other Tolkien's books and writings see Carl F. Hostetter's Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics.
These texts are concerned with the following matters: Quenya and its earliest forms, Sindarin and its earliest forms, Elvish writings (tengwar, cirth, etc.) and their earliest forms:
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Qenya Lexicon |
c. 1915 |
Parma Eldalamberon #12 (1998) |
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Narqelion |
1915 / 1916 |
Vinyar Tengwar #12, p. 16-17, VT #40, p. 5-32 |
| Comparison of Adjectives | after 1915 | Tyalië Tyelelliéva #16, p. 23-28 |
|
Gnomish Lexicon |
c. 1917 |
Parma Eldalamberon #11 (1995) |
| Goldogrim Pronominal Prefixes | c. 1917 | Parma Eldalamberon #13, p. 97 |
|
Rúmilian Document (Rúmil script) |
c. June 1919 |
Vinyar Tengwar #37, p. 15-23 |
| Early Noldorin Grammar | c. 1920-1925 | Parma Eldalamberon #13, p. 119-132 |
|
The Entu Declension |
c. 1924-1929 |
Vinyar Tengwar #36, p. 8-29 |
|
Qenya Grammar Fragment |
c. 1924-1929 |
Elfling Digest nr 34, 14 May 2000 (Edouard Kloczko) |
| Arctic Sentence | 1929 | Letters from Father Christmas, p. 47 |
|
Oilima Markirya 1 |
before 1931 |
A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 220-221 |
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Oilima Markirya 2 |
before 1931 |
A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 213-214 |
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Nieninque |
before 1931 |
A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 215 |
|
Earendel |
before 1931 |
A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 216 |
|
Nebrachar Poem |
before 1931 |
A Secret Vice by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 217 |
|
Bodlean Declensions |
c. 1936 |
Vinyar Tengwar #28, p. 9-30 |
|
Koivieneni Sentence |
c. 1937 |
Vinyar Tengwar #14, p. 5-20 |
|
Two Trees Sentence |
c. 1937 |
Vinyar Tengwar #27, p. 7-42 |
|
Koivieneni Manuscript |
c. 1937 |
Vinyar Tengwar #27, p. 7-42 |
|
1937 |
The Lost Road by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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|
The Etymologies |
c. 1937 |
The Lost Road by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 339-400 |
|
Merin Sentence |
c. 1937 [?] |
Tyalië Tyelelliéva #14, p. 32-35 |
| King's Letter | c. 1950 | Sauron Defeated by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 128-129 |
|
Dangweth Pengolodh |
c. 1951 - 1959 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 395-402 |
|
Of Lembas |
c. 1951 - 1959 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 403-405 |
| Ataremma versions I-VI | c. 1951 - 1959 | Vinyar Tengwar #43, 4-26 |
| Aia María versions I-IV | c. 1951 - 1959 | Vinyar Tengwar #43, 26-36 |
| Alcar i Ataren | c. 1951 - 1959 | Vinyar Tengwar #43, p. 36-38 |
| Ortírielyanna | c. 1951 - 1959 | Vinyar Tengwar #44, p. 5-11 |
| Litany of Loreto in Quenya | c. 1951 - 1959 | Vinyar Tengwar #44, p. 11-20 |
|
Alcar mi tarmenel na Erun |
c. 1951 - 1959 |
Vinyar Tengwar #44, p. 31-38 |
|
Ae Adar Nín |
c. 1951 - 1959 |
Vinyar Tengwar #44, p. 21-30 |
|
New Tengwar Inscription |
1954 |
Vinyar Tengwar #21, p. 6 |
|
Liége Tengwar Inscription |
1954 |
Vinyar Tengwar #23, p. 16 |
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Ósanwe-kenta |
1959 - 1960 |
Vinyar Tengwar #39 |
|
Etymological Notes - Ósanwe-kenta |
1959 - 1960 |
Vinyar Tengwar #41, p. 5-6 |
|
Quendi and Eldar |
1959-1960 |
The War of the Jewels by J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 359-424 |
|
1966/1967 |
Beyond Bree, March 1989, Vinyar Tengwar #6, p. 14 |
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The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor |
1967 - 1969 |
Vinyar Tengwar #42, p. 5-31 |
|
The Shibboleth of Fëanor |
c. 1968 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 331-366 |
|
From The Shibboleth of Fëanor |
c. 1968 |
Vinyar Tengwar #41, p. 7-10 |
|
Quenya Dedication |
1968 |
Elfling, 11 May 2002 (Helge Fauskanger) |
|
Notes on Óre |
c. 1968 |
Vinyar Tengwar #41, p. 11-19 |
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Of Dwarves and Men |
c. 1969 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 293-330 |
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The Problem of Ros |
1968 - 1969 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 367-376 |
| Essay on negation in Quenya | c. 1970 | Vinyar Tengwar #42, p. 33-34 |
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Glorfindel |
c. 1972 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 377-384 |
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Círdan |
c. 1972 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 385-387 |
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The Five Wizards |
c. 1972 |
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 384-385 |